Scaloni revealed after the game that Messi actually asked him to keep him on the bench against Jordan. Scaloni told him that playing the full 90 minutes would have been another great chance to boost his incredible numbers. But Messi chose something else. He wanted the players who hadn’t featured yet to get their minutes so they’d be ready for the knockout stages. Scaloni even said that Messi doesn’t think about the records people keep talking about. That’s exactly what I said before the game. Messi saw that some of his teammates hadn’t played yet, so he was happy to stay on the bench and let them experience the biggest tournament of their lives. His own statistics didn’t matter to him. That’s the kind of player he is. He never chases records—records chase him.